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The Lead with Jake Tapper

Trump's firs reaction since public testimony by ousted U.S. ambassador to Ukraine; Yovanovitch: Trump's attacks "very intimidating"; Republicans push ousted U.S. Ambassador on bribery argument for Democrats;

The Lead with Jake Tapper

CNN

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3.51.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2019

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Ousted U.S. Ambassador testifies about smear campaign against her & fear of comments made by Pres. Trump; Aide who overheard Sondland's phone call with Trump now in closed-door deposition; Trump defends Yovanovitch tweet, says "I have freedom of speech"; Schiff: We saw witness intimidation in real time by Pres. Trump; Yovanovitch: No explanation given for why I was removed; Trump attacks ousted Ukraine Ambassador as she claims she felt threatened by attacks; WH releases transcript of first call with Ukraine Pres which has no mention of fighting corruption; Ousted U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine: I do not understand Giuliani's motives for attacking me; Republicans dodge questions on Giuliani and smear campaign against ousted U.S. Ambassador; Yovanovitch: U.S. Policy on Ukraine "thrown into disarray"; More public testimony set for next week in impeachment inquiry;To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Tampering is one shift doesn't let us have witnesses doesn't let us speak I've been watching today for the first time I started watching and it's really sad when you see people not allowed to ask questions

0:12.1

It's totally nobody's ever had such horrible due process.

0:15.0

There was no due process.

0:17.0

And I think it's I think it's considered a joke all over Washington and all over the world.

0:22.0

The Republicans are given no due process

0:24.5

whatsoever. We're not allowed to do anything. It's a disgrace what's happening.

0:29.1

Please. Please.

0:31.1

The words can be intimidating. I don't think so at all.

0:34.0

President Trump just moments ago asked about allegations of witness tampering

0:39.0

after he launched a Twitter attack on ousted U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yvonnevich,

0:44.0

while she was testifying today,

0:46.0

she said that she did feel intimidated

0:48.0

when asked by Chairman Schiff,

0:50.0

the Democrat who leads the committee.

0:52.0

Joining me now is Congresswoman Jackie Spear,

0:53.8

who's on the House Intelligence Committee as well,

0:55.7

and she questioned Yvonneovich.

0:57.4

Congresswoman, first of all, your reaction to the president there

1:00.4

both about the witness tampering, how his tweets don't intimidate people and

1:04.4

also about the fairness of the process. So this was another bombshell today

1:09.7

just like there was a bombshell on Wednesday when David Holmes had overheard Mr.

1:14.1

Sandlin speaking to the president and the president talking once again

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